{"id":7910,"date":"2022-10-21T08:37:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T13:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecuadorwonders.com\/staging\/?p=7910"},"modified":"2025-08-29T07:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T12:02:11","slug":"unique-animals-of-the-galapagos-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecuadorwonders.com\/staging\/unique-animals-of-the-galapagos-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique animals of the Galapagos Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7910\" class=\"elementor elementor-7910\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-707ebbd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"707ebbd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51cb0b2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"51cb0b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42dd06c elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"42dd06c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ecuadorwonders.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Iguana-300x225-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-39168\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97ba510 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97ba510\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Unique animals of the Galapagos Islands<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90e7d28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90e7d28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Marine iguana<br \/>An unusual representative of reptiles lives in the Galapagos Islands. Most of the lizards we know prefer to inhabit forests, mountains, deserts, but among the 3000 species, only one \u2013 the Galapagos marine iguana \u2013 can be considered a real marine animal. Although its appearance does not meet model standards, it is ideally suited for survival on volcanic shores.<br \/>Unlike other iguanas, the marine iguana has a huge tail flattened from the sides and membranes between the fingers. With such an upgrade, the lizard swims perfectly, bending its body from side to side. To prevent excess of sea salt from creating discomfort, it has special glands on the head to release fluid.<br \/>These reptiles are not only excellent swimmers, but also divers. At the bottom, they eat aquatic vegetation, protect themselves from predators and escape from heat. Iguanas can hold their breath for an hour under water. In order to save oxygen, in this case the blood feeds only the vital organs.<br \/>Iguanas never leave the coast, staying close to the water in family groups. Each of them is led by an old male. He zealously guards the site not only from uninvited guests, but also from young applicants, with whom, like a ram, he begins to butt in any attempt to encroach on his harem.<br \/>While the males fight for power, the females compete among themselves for sandy areas, which are very few in the islands. The fertility of iguanas is low, only one to three eggs per year. 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Most of the lizards we know prefer to inhabit forests, mountains, deserts, but among the 3000 species, only one \u2013 the Galapagos marine iguana \u2013 can be considered a real marine animal. 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